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(Jon sez:) 
There is an entire sociological subtext implicit in the statement, "I happen
to outrank you for this mission," as said to an artificial intelligence. It
implies that, on some Martian missions, AIs outrank humans.
Think of that the next time the rudimentary expert system in Warcraft is kicking your butt... Next up in our cavalcade of icons is the nefarious Doctor Beatriz Juruna, a mad scientist living on the Moon who harbors a passion for the insidious Doctor Haas.
And a big shout out to new reader Sharon Cichelli, who compared Mark to Dave McKean, which presumably makes me Neil Gaiman. |
(Mark sez:) 
Wow, I wonder what they're looking at in the last frame that's so blue-purple. And come to think of it, Caprice kind of dodged that question about escape pods. Significant pause.
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